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你如何使用你的智能手机?

2011-09-21来源:CRI

短语讲解:

1. Using the question "how well do you make use of your smart phone?"

make use of利用
例句:We will make good use of our time.
我们将好好利用我们的时间。

2. But one month later, I gave up using 80 or 90 percent of the applications, other than making phone calls, sending messages or logging on to Weibo, as well as the memo application, clock and alarm.

give up放弃
例句:She will give up this journey.
她将放弃这次旅行。
log on(计算机)开始工作,开机工作,(与…)联机,登录
例句:I logged on at 7 o'clock and logged off at 12 o'clock.
我7点开机工作,12点关机。

3. In contrast to this, most colleagues say they are only able to use the basic functions of their smartphone, such as making phone calls and sending messages.

in contrast to相比之下
例句:In contrast to her sister, she is very tall.
与姐姐相比, 她个子很高。

4. Apart from making phone call, I often take photos and record voice with it, and sometimes, I use it to access the internet.

apart from除去,撇开…来说(表示除…以外尚有),此外,加之
例句:Apart from some spelling mistakes, the composition is fairly good.
除了一些拼写错误, 这篇文章写得很不错。

5. I must say I only go for the basic functions.

go for去找某人, 想得到…, 争取;
例句:We'd better go for a doctor.
我们最好去请医生。

6. Some testers say these questions are very interesting, for example, "what would you do if your smart phone falls into water and switches off?"

fall into掉进, 陷入
例句:Don't let it fall into the hands of the enemy.
不要让它落入敌人手中。
switch off关闭
例句:When the clock struck twelve, I switched off TV and went to bed.
时钟敲响十二点时, 我关了电视上床睡觉。

7. Besides these humorous questions, there are also questions that relate to the use of mobile phone, such as: how do you shut down the mobile phone when it freezes? or questions like: who is the manufacturer of the world's first civil mobile phone?

relate to涉及, 关系到…
例句:He showed me all the correspondence relating to the matter.
他把与这件事有关的全部信件都给我看了。
shut down完全关闭,倒闭,停止运转
例句:The factory was shut down for two months as a result of the strike.
那工厂因罢工的结果而停工了两个月。

8. Some new media researchers says that smart phones have begun to replace computers in many ways, so the knowledge of how to better use smartphones is regarded as a must.

regard as把…认作
例句:I regard him as my brother.
我把他当作兄弟。

9. And games like this test are good for publicizing smartphone knowledge.

be good for对…有好处
例句:The Olympics will be good for tourism.
奥运会将让旅游业大放异彩。